Mind Control Touch: The Corruptor has the power to subvert a living beings will by mere touch. Jackson's sweat glands release a Monstrous intensity chemical that acts on contact with another person's skin. This triggers a metabolic change that overrides the inhibition center of the brainresulting in the victim being susceptible to the Corruptor's suggestions, or is left to the victim's own volition they will act in a highly uninhibited, selfish, or immoral manner.
The period of time under the Corruptor's influence is dependent upon the length of contact with the Corruptor's skin, and hence the amount of toxin that has been absorbed by the skin and reached the brain through the bloodstream. This period of "corruption" varies from about a half hour to twenty four hours. In order to keep a person under his influence over a long period of time he must touch him or her before the toxin dissipates.
Talents
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Contacts
Inner Circle
History
Jackson Day was a factory worker at a pharmaceutical company that specialized in psychoactive chemicals. When a fire broke out, he was doused with a mixture of potent chemicals, which affected both his body and mind. His selfish, hateful tendencies unleashed, Day discovered his new powers, although he often would revert to his normal human form periodically.
Calling himself the Corruptor, Day touched the Asgardian adventurer Thor, and turned him lose against Manhattan. With the help of the fledgling hero, Nova, Thor returned to normal and apprehended Day. Although he appeared to return to normal, Day reverted to the Corruptor persona when undergoing medical treatment. He escaped, and formed a criminal organization called teh Inner Circle. He planned to loot New York with armies of ordinary citizens under his influence, but his scheme was again thwarted by Nova. Since then, he tried using the superhuman Hulk as a pawn, but was defeated.
Day was later Reprimanded to the energy research facility Project: Pegasus for imprisonment. Eventually, he managed to surreptitiously take over most of the personnel, including the extradimensional super heroes, the Squadron Supreme, who were temporarily housed there. The Avengers soon became suspicious and managed to free the Squadron and place Day in a more secured prison.
